June 13, 2008	Friday	Jamadi-us-Sani 08, 1429

DHAKA: A group of nine armed robbers were beaten to death or shot in northern Bangladesh on Thursday by a mob of angry villagers, police said.

Some 500 villagers surrounded the robbers after they were spotted in a field in the northern district of Natore, local police chief Mohammad Abubakr said.

“At least eight robbers were caught by villagers and beaten mercilessly as they tried to flee the village by shooting at the mob,” he said, adding that the bullet-riddled body of another robber was found nearby.—AFP